Hermit Shale Flora (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Arizona (36.0° N, 112.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 3.1° N, 39.9° W (Wright 2013)

When: Hermit Shale Formation, Carboniferous to Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale

• Sandy, current-ripples, thin-bedded, sandy "shales" and silts. Thin sandstones, irregularly interbedded and soft, occur at several levels.

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: D. White. 1929. Flora of the Hermit Shale, Grand Canyon, Arizona. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications (405) [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11999: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 24.09.2001

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Gymnospermous sp.
Cyanophyceae
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Rivularites permiensis n. sp.
Ullmannia
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Ullmannia frumentaria
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris cf. eckhardti, Taeniopteris angelica n. sp.
Taeniopteris angelica n. sp. cycads
Paleotaxites praecursor
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Paleotaxites praecursor n. sp.
Paleotaxites praecursor n. sp. White 1929
Walchia
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Walchia piniformis, Walchia dawsoni n. sp., Walchia gracillima n. sp., Walchia hypnoides
Psygmophyllum
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Psygmophyllum sp.
Psygmophyllum sp. Schimper 1870
Eltovaria bursiformis
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Eltovaria bursiformis n. sp.
Eltovaria bursiformis n. sp. White 1929
Taeniopteris coriacea
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"Taeniopteris coriacea" = Spermopteris coriacea
"Taeniopteris coriacea" = Spermopteris coriacea Goeppert 1864
Yakia heterophylla
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Yakia heterophylla n. gen. n. sp.
Yakia heterophylla n. gen. n. sp. White 1929
Brongniartites
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? Brongniartites yakiensis n. sp., ? Brongniartites aliena n. sp.
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
? Neuropteridium sp.
? Neuropteridium sp. Schimper 1879
Supaia
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Supaia rigida n. sp., Supaia sturdevantii n. sp., Supaia merriami n. sp., Supaia compacta n. sp., Supaia anomala n. sp., Supaia linearifolia n. sp., Supaia breviloba n. sp., Supaia subgoepperti n. sp., Supaia sp.
Supaia sp. White 1929
Supaia thinnfeldioides
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Supaia thinnfeldioides n. sp.
Supaia thinnfeldioides n. sp. White 1929
Equisetopsida
 Sphenophyllales -
Sphenophyllum gilmorei n. sp.
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pagiophyllum dubium n. sp., Brachyphyllum arizonieum n. sp., Brachyphyllum tenue n. sp.
Pagiophyllum dubium n. sp. Fontaine 1893
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Callipteris arizonae n. sp., Callipteris raymondi, Callipteris ? sp., Callipteris conferta
Callipteris ? sp. Brongniart 1849
Callipteris conferta Sternberg 1833
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Taxites sp.
Taxites sp. Brongniart 1828 yew
Voltziopsida
 Voltziales - Voltziaceae
Voltzia dentiloba n. sp., Voltzia sp.
Voltzia sp. Brongniart 1828
Angiospermae
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Carpolithus sp.
Carpolithus sp. Linnaeus 1768
Cyclocarpon
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Cyclocarpon angelicum n. sp., Cyclocarpon sp.
Cyclocarpon sp. Goeppert and Fiedler 1857